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Oh the Greatness of God

Well, we are about at the ending of another week. Nevertheless, I am still feeling the influence of the last weekend. How wonderful it is to have prophets upon the earth. What a wonderous day we live in. We are blessed so exceedingly! We have prophets, apostles, and the priesthood. I guess it is more the other way around, we have the priesthood, which gives us prophets, apostles, and all the church. Everything is governed under the authority and power of the Father and Son. What a wonderful and magnificent thing it is to behold.

This weekend I had the privilege of standing in on a blessing. It was great, what an honour. Even better, we have the capacity and capability of doing these things. I stood in on a baby blessing a few weeks ago. How wonderful. I sat in General Conference in the presence of the Lord’s called Apostles and Prophets. Again, I saw our dearly beloved prophet stand up, waddle to the stand, and speak. My heart swells with joy and gratitude. We can hear the Lord’s direction for us, for me, for you, for us individually. How unique and personal that makes the Atonement, the Church, and God.

In reading the scriptures, I find myself ever shaking my head. Can we be wiser? Can we learn from the teachings and mistakes? We are finishing 2 Samuel tomorrow night. We have read of Saul, and David, and Absalom, and even Samuel. Each were amazing men, but made some horrible mistakes. Even Samuel’s own children would not follow the Lord. We finished Mosiah last night in the Book of Mormon. There are some individuals who turned to the Lord, the sons of Alma and Mosiah. Mosiah instructed the people about proper government and how to do things. I find it amazing that people say what is the proper way of government, even in the church, yet they obviously know not the scriptures. I hold the Book of Mormon of being of great worth in bringing much light and truth to our generation. It is the applicator of the Bible. I would declare that without reading and being familiar with the Old and New Testament, you will not understand the full import and value of the Book of Mormon. Without the Bible and Book of Mormon, one will not understand the Doctrine and Covenants. So many tell me that the law of consecration is vague and not clear. I say to those people read Deuteronomy and the Doctrine and Covenants again. If they can say that then, they have not understood what they read. It is so stark and clear! Without prophets and apostles, we would not have the Book of Mormon or Doctrine and Covenants. Even then, I fear most of the Christian world do not know their own Bible. If they do, they do not believe it or live its teachings.

Prayer is such an amazing thing. My experiences are so valued to me. I would not trade them for anything. But for people who tell me I do not know these things are true, I say they have not experienced prayer. They know not heaven or how to communicate with it (or don’t wish to). Our blessings are amazing. The counsel comes to us as the dews from heaven. They descend, and some allow them to run on by, others lap them up and hold tightly to what falls upon our heads. We don’t have the option, they are coming. What will we do with them?